Life Drawing at the Pianodrome

Life Drawing at the Pianodrome is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Pianodrome at St Oswald's Centre. It has 3 performances listed, running from Wed 12 Aug, 20:00 to Wed 26 Aug, 20:00. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.

About this show

Join us for two hours of relaxed life drawing within one of the most stunning venues in town. We'll bring beguiling models for your drawing delight, beautiful live piano music and lots of materials to buy and borrow. No need to know a pencil from a pen! Reconfigure is a warm spirited, all abilities life drawing group established 2016 in Edinburgh. The Pianodrome is a venue and a giant sculptural musical instrument. Crafted entirely from discarded pianos: it is an intimate, cocooning amphitheatre of 100 seats, with five playable pianos embedded into its very structure.

Details

  • Venue: Pianodrome at St Oswald's Centre
  • Genre: EVENTS, Workshop, Event
  • Country: UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
  • Running time: 120 minutes
  • Room size: about 120 seats — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
  • Performances listed: 3, of which 0 still to come and on sale

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair access: ramp
  • Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
  • Venue notes: Wheelchair access type:Permanent Ramp Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.

What the reviewers said

We have captured 1 published review for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.

  • I suppose there are more conventional ways to spend an evening than drawing a (naked) model inside an amphitheatre made of old pianos, with live music playing a few metres away. 4 Stars

    — Edinburgh Reviews

Performance dates and ticket availability

  • Wed 12 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £18.00
  • Wed 19 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £18.00
  • Wed 26 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £18.00

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